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Thanks to you, our customers, for awarding us the Angie’s List Super Service Award again, this time in two categories: Landscaping and Lawn & Yard Work! This award is based on unsolicited customer feedback across a number of key metrics, including quality workmanship, professionalism, punctuality, and responsiveness to customer concerns. In an age where people increasingly research their buying decisions online, we appreciate you taking the time to both share your positive experiences with us and to give…

We’re pleased to announce that A Yard & A Half Landscaping has again won the Angie’s List “Super Service Award”. This award recognizes companies who maintain a consistently superior service rating on Angie’s List, a member-based, consumer rating website. According to Angie’s List, winners of this award represent the top 5% of companies in the Boston market. We value this award because we value our customers. Angie’s List ratings come directly from customer experience —…

Eileen Michaels, A Yard & A Half’s founder and General Manager, spoke with Lawn & Landscape Magazine for their September issue on business management. Read about A Yard & A Half’s employee-centered, open book management style in “Release the Reins.”

Today, Inc. Magazine and Winning Workplaces announced A Yard & A Half Landscaping as one of their “Top Small Company Workplaces” — the best small- and medium-sized places to work in the nation. “This year’s winners show that the quality of the workplace can be a competitive advantage. I’m amazed at how well they have come through the recession. Clearly, their commitment to their values and people practices are an important part of this success,”…

A Yard & A Half Landscaping has been named as a finalist for the Top Small Company Workplaces Award by WinningWorkplaces, a national non-profit that supports small & midsized businesses in creating engaging, productive workplaces. The award, presented in cooperation with Inc. Magazine, recognizes “small organizations that engage their employees, create great work environments and, in turn, deliver improved results.” A Yard & A Half was selected as one of 39 finalists from a pool…

We’re often called to help pet-owners create dog-friendly and dog-resistant landscapes. Turf Magazine called us for a few tips on landscaping for dogs. Here’s the article, which appeared in the May 2009 issue.

A Yard & A Half just completed a pro-bono installation of a design by David McCoy for The Children’s Room, a grief counseling agency for young people. The project, coordinated by COGDesign, made the front page of today’s Waltham’s Daily News Tribune.